Combined ditcher and scraper



. G. PALMER.

Combined Ditoher and Scrapen,

No. 225,637. Patented Mar. 16, I880.

Witnesses:

/I fnrrerzi'ary UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE PALMER, OF BRIDGEVILLE, MICHIGAN.

COMBINED DITCHER AND SCRAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,637, dated March16, 1880.

Application filed October 13, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE PALMER, ofBridgeville, in the county of Gratiot and State ot'Michigan, haveinvented a Combined Ditcher and Scraper, of which the following is aspecification.

Myinvention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the classof combined ditchers and scrapers; and the invention consists in thegeneral construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all as willbe hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in theclaims.

The figure of the accompanying drawing represents a perspective view ofmy improved scraper and ditcher.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willnow proceed to describe its construction and operation.

K are the three iron bars forming the upper portion of the frame of thescraper, attached to the draft upon the axle by the rod S, passin gthrough the eyes A.

D is the upper plate of the scraper, constructed of iron or steel plate,and fastened to the frame K by means of bolts or rivets.

O are the three iron bars forming the frame of the blade of the scraper,to which the steel plate J is attached by means of rivets.

The three iron bars O are provided with tenons at their upper ends,which are pivoted in the slotted tips of the bars K by a rod, G, passingtransversely through said tenons and tips, and the tenons project at thetop, which, with the slot in the upper side of the iron bars K, form arecess to receive the bar L, which forms the lock and is adjusted bymeans of the handles It, which being pressed down holds the scraper inposition for loading, and being raised unloads the scraper.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the pivoted bars K, provided with the plate D, andpivoted bars 0, provided with the steel plate J, all constructed andarranged to operate substantially in the manner herein shown anddescribed.

2. The combination of the pivoted and slotted bars K, pivoted andprojecting iron bars O, to which the scraper-plate J is attached,locking-bar L, and handles R, the several parts constructed andrelatively arranged to operate substantially in the manner herein shownand described.

GEORGE PALMER.

Witnesses:

PORTER K. PERRIN, HENRY M. PERRIN.

